NYC home adjacent to Sarah Jessica Parker’s sells for $26.75M

A historic West Village townhouse adjacent to Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick’s megamansion on West 11th Street has sold for $26.75 million, according to property records.

The seller is Alicia CastroLeal Harper, the daughter of Mexico’s former ambassador to France and the ex-wife of the late TV producer Alan Harper. The buyer is a trust connected to billionaire Brad Jacobs, chairman of XPO Logistics.

The red brick, Greek Revival-style townhouse at 271 W. 11th St. is nearly 26 feet wide.

It was once on the market for $34.5 million in 2018 and boasts one of the largest gardens in the Village, according to a former listing from Dolly Lenz Real Estate.

Built in 1884, the 8,000-square-foot home features seven bedrooms, seven baths, high ceilings and lots of windows. Transformed into a multi-unit building, it is ready to return to single-family mansion status.

Other owners on the street include Softbank CEO Marcelo Claure of 269 W. 11th St. Vicki Been, a former deputy mayor for housing and economic development and a former commissioner of NYC’s department of Housing Preservation & Development — now an NYU law professor — and her husband, NYU’s Richard Revesz, sold their home at 230 W. 11th St. for $18.8 million last year. They bought it from NYU’s School of Law Foundation for $1.88 million in 2002.

Liv Tyler also sold her corner block home at 255 W. 11th St. to Eater founder and Resy co-founder Ben Leventhal. Burrito baron Steve Ells, the founder of Chipotle, also bought a $30 million crash pad at 27 E. 11th St., Gimme Shelter revealed, while he awaited the completion of his megamansion at the corner of West 11th and West 4th streets.

“This is one of the most desirable streets in the Village,” said broker Jenny Lenz, of Dolly Lenz Real Estate, who sold four homes on the block. “It’s a beautiful, peaceful block, with historic mansions reminiscent of London, and the A-list celebrities only add to the allure.”